Sextants at Greenwich a catalogue of the mariner's quadrants, mariner's astrolabes, cross-staffs, backstaffs, octants, sextants, quintants, reflecting circles and artificial horizons in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich / W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns ; with a contribution by Richard Dunn.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; Oxford University Press ; [2009.; London : National Maritime Museum, (c)2009.; ©2009Description: 1 online resource (xii, 323 pages, [16. pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780191559754
- 019155975X
- VK585
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| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Book | G. Allen Fleece Library Online | Non-fiction | VK585 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Link to resource | Available | ocn536239228 |
Sextants at Greenwich consists of two main sections: The introductory chapters and the catalogue of navigating instruments of the National Maritime Museum.The first section gives a general overview of the history of celestial navigation with an emphasis on the instruments that were developed and used for that purpose, between about 1450 and the 1970s. The instruments in the catalogue form the main thread in these chapters. The catalogue consists of 347 entries of instruments for celestial navigation, the octants, sextants and related instruments preserved in the National Maritime Museum. Each.
Includes bibliographies and index.
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